robber
US: /ˈɹɑbɝ/
UK: /ɹˈɒbɐ/
UK: /ɹˈɒbɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
robber /'rɔbə/
- danh từ
- kẻ cướp; kẻ trộm
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a person who steals from a person or place, especially using violence or threats: a bank robber - STEAL
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
thief, pickpocket, shoplifter, burglar, bandit, housebreaker, sneak-thief, cat burglar, safe-breaker, highwayman, gentleman of the road, brigand, pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, privateer, corsair, Colloq mugger, hold-up man, Slang cracksman, rip-off artist, safe-cracker, safe-blower, Chiefly US stick-up man, US second-story or second-storey man:
The police were making every effort to catch the robbers.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
armed, masked | bank, train | grave, tomb
QUANT.
band, gang
VERB + ROBBER
hunt
Police are hunting a masked robber who snatched £15,000 from a post office.
| catch
ROBBER + VERB
hold sb/sth up
Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.
| snatch sth, steal sth, take sth | escape with sth, get away with sth, make off with sth
Robbers escaped with £30,000 of payroll money.
Concise English dictionary
robbers'rɑbə(r) /rɒb-
noun
+a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
